Expert in AI-Based Decision Support and Environmental Policy Analysis
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Delft University of TechnologyJazmin Zatarain Salazar serves as an Assistant Professor in Policy Analysis at TU Delft's Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, where she also co-directs the Hippo AI Lab. Her academic journey includes a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University and postdoctoral research at Politecnico di Milano's Environmental Intelligence lab. Her research integrates hydrologic sciences, artificial intelligence, and multi-objective optimization to address complex water and environmental challenges. She specializes in uncertainty analysis, transboundary river basin management, and model-based decision support, focusing particularly on integrating distributional outcomes in environmental policy decisions. Through her work at the Hippo AI Lab, she develops AI-based decision support systems for water and climate-economy systems, emphasizing the importance of understanding uncertainty in problem structuring and modeling for environmental policy making.